Nahum 3:1
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Woeהֹ֖וי
(ho·vy)
1945: ah! alas! ha!a prim. interj.
to the bloodyדָּמִ֑ים
(da·mim;)
1818: blooda prim. root
city,עִ֣יר
(ir)
5892b: city, townof uncertain derivation
completelyכֻּלָּ֗הּ
(kul·lah)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
full 
 
4392: fullfrom male
of liesכַּ֤חַשׁ
(ka·chash)
3585: lying, leannessfrom kachash
[and] pillage;פֶּ֙רֶק֙
(pe·rek)
6563: parting of ways, plunderfrom paraq
[Her] preyטָֽרֶף׃
(ta·ref.)
2964: prey, food, a leaffrom taraph
neverלֹ֥א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
departs.יָמִ֖ישׁ
(ya·mish)
4185: to depart, removea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Woe
howy  (hoh'ee)
oh! -- ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
to the bloody
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
city
`iyr  (eer)
or (in the plural) par {awr}; or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) -- Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
it is all full
male'  (maw-lay')
full or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially, fully -- she that was with child, fill(-ed, -ed with), full(-ly), multitude, as is worth.
of lies
kachash  (kakh'-ash)
literally, a failure of flesh, i.e. emaciation; figuratively, hypocrisy -- leanness, lies, lying.
and robbery
pereq  (peh'-rek)
rapine; also a fork (in roads) -- crossway, robbery.
the prey
tereph  (teh'-ref)
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food -- leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
departeth
muwsh  (moosh)
to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive) -- cease, depart, go back, remove, take away.
not
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs.

King James Bible
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe to the city of blood, totally deceitful, full of plunder, never without prey.

International Standard Version
Woe to this city, contaminated with shed blood, all full of lies and robberies— it is never without victims!

NET Bible
Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How horrible it will be for that city of bloody violence! It is completely full of lies and stolen goods-never without victims.

King James 2000 Bible
Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the victim departs not;
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